Nieto

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 MICHAEL NIETO, Case No. 22-cv-06983-JST

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING RENEWED

9 v. REQUEST FOR APPOINTMENT OF

COUNSEL

10 KATHLEEN ALLISON, et al., Re: ECF No. 30 Defendants. 11

12 13 Plaintiff has filed a renewed request for appointment of counsel. ECF No. 30. The Court 14 previously denied Plaintiff’s request for appointment of counsel on October 16, 2023, for lack of 15 exceptional circumstances. ECF No. 23. In his renewed request for appointment of counsel, 16 Plaintiff requests that the Court reconsider its denial, stating that recent health reports support his 17 claims of mental and physical limitations that support a finding of the requisite extraordinary 18 circumstances. Plaintiff has provided the Court with a January 11, 2024 Mental Health Treatment 19 Program IDTT notes, stating that the notes support his claims that (1) he suffers trauma from the 20 sexual assault at issue and that it is mentally, physically, and emotionally taxing to relive these 21 …